Reel foe coiling wire



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T. J. BRAY.

REEL FOR GOILING WIRE.

No. 250,492. Patented Dec. 6,1881.

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REEL FOR GOILING WIRE. No. 250,492. Patented Dec. 6,1881.

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PATENT THOMAS J. BRAY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO OLIVERBROTHERS & PHILLIPS.'

REEL FOR COI LING WIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,492, dated December6, 1881.

Application filed June 18, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS J. BRAY, ofPittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in WVire-Ooilin g Reels and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof.

It has been my experience in the use of machines for coiling wire rodsof the class having a face-plate and a series of radially-arrangedcoil-pins and a strippingdevice thatany projection beyond the plane ofthe face-plate, or a tapering construction of coil-pin, has a tendencyto bend and throw off the end of the .rod, especially if it is a steelrod and somewhat cold. This is extremely dangerous to the operator whofeeds the machine, as he is Very liable to be struck by the end of therod.

I have found another objection to such machines. The reels are designedto run continuously, and the rod is fed in while the reel is in motion.Often a rod will enter the pins but fail to take hold, in which case theoperator, letting go of the rod outside of the pins, will strike its endinside of the pins with his tongs to bend it around one of the pins, sothat it'may take hold and be reeled up. Any projection on the face-plateinside of the pins is liable to defiect the tongs against and cause themto catch on the pins, wrenching them from the hands of the workman andthrowing them off, thereby exposing him and others to great danger.

My invention is designed to obviate all danger from this cause byremoving from the faceplate all projections except the coil-pins, andyet retaining in the machine the necessary stripping device.

To enable othersskilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow describe it by reference to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1is a side elevation of my improved reel. Fig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section of the reeling device, stripper,and shaft. Fig. 4is a front view of the face-plate. Fig. 5 is a view of the face-platewithout the stripper.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in each.

\ b, is a hollow shaft, 0, on one end of is the face-plate d, and on theother the driving-pulley'e. The face-plate d is provided with the usualcircle of coil-pins f. In this case the pins f are in shape incross-section like truncated cones with concave sides, but the edges ofseparate'pins are parallel. The face-plate d is also provided with roundcentral recess, 9, and four grooves, g, extending radially from the endof the hollow shaft 0 to the periphery of the face-plate. The recess andgrooves are of suficient depth to receive the stripper, so that it shalllie flush with the surface of the ptate d.

The stripper It consists of a center boss, h, and four radial arms, hand is mounted on the end of a rod, 2', which extends through the hollowshalt c, and is capable of a longitudinal movement therein by means of agrooved collar, 1, which is secured to it by a screw, m, extendingthrough it and the collar and moving in the slots at in the sides of thehollow shaft 0. These slots n are of sufficient length to permit thestripper h to cast the coil of wire off of the pinsf. The stripper isactuated by a bifurcated arm, 0, mounted on a shaft, 19, and operated bya lever, q. A weighted arm, 7', on the shaft 1) retracts the stripperwhen the lever q is released.-

At the side of the machine is a frame, 8, sustaining a guard, t, inwhich is the feedopening it, provided with friction-rollers 1;, one ofwhich is mounted on a pivoted lever,'w, for the purpose of putting atension on the rod when being reeled, in order to take out the kinks andgive it a good finish.

The operation of my machine is similar to others of its class. The wirerod is grasped by the tongs of the operator and the end stuck throughthe feed-opening u in among the revolving pins, which engage it and reelup the rod. The coil thus made is thrown off the pins by the stripper h,which is drawn forward by the lever q. The form of the stripper maybevaried; but it must be of such construction as to force the coil off thepins, and as will fit in grooves or recesses in or on the faceplate,flush with or inside of the plane of the face-plate.

My reel is efficient and safe in operation. It may be operated by handor by power.

What Iclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Ina reel for coiling wire, the combination, with a face-plate havinga circle of coilpins concentric with the shaft, and provided withradially-arranged stripper-grooves, of a stripper whose axis coincideswith that of the face-plate, said stripper being fixed to a shaftcapable of endwise motion and having railially-arranged rigid arms whichcorrespond to and are received into the 'radial strippergrooves of theface-plate, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with the fare-plate having radial stripper-groovesand the radial stripper-arms mounted on a shaft having an endwise motionin the axis of the face-plate, of the counterweighted rock-shaft havinga hand-lever and a bifurcated arm for actuating the stripper,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of June,A. D. 1881.

THOS. J. EBAY.

Witnesses:

JOHN S. KENNEDY, J AMES A. OARLIN.

